Make Tropical Salsa With This Pineapple Recipe

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I have a reader who requested a recipe for Pineapple Salsa. Here are a couple of recipes that I hope she will enjoy. The salsa can be used with fajitas, tortillas or plain chips.

PINEAPPLE SALSA

1 cup diced fresh or canned pineapple

1/2 cup chopped peeled cucumber

1 fresh jalapeno chile, seeded and minced

1 teaspoon grated lime peel

3 tablespoons lime juice

2 tablespoons minced cilantro

In a nonmetal bowl, mix pineapple, cucumber, chile, lime peel, lime juice and cilantro. If made ahead, cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours. Makes about 1 3/4 cups.

From thriveonline at www.thriveonline.com/eats/kitchen /condiments

SPICY PINEAPPLE SALSA

1 cup chopped fresh pineapple (O.K. to use canned)

1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

About 1 chopped scallion (to taste)

Few dashes of red wine vinegar

Few dashes of hot sauce

About a teaspoon brown sugar

(Note: add more or less of any ingredient to your own taste)

Mix all ingredients together and let set a while in the fridge.

From Veggies Unite at www.vegweb.com/food/misc/ chutney/2416.shtml

Melissa Simpson requested an easy recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes. Here is a recipe that I hope she enjoys.

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES II

1 egg, beaten

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup self-rising flour

1/3 cup cornmeal

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 to 8 green tomatoes cut into 1/4-inch slices

Bacon drippings, vegetable oil or mixture of both

Mix egg and buttermilk in a shallow dish. Mix flour, cornmeal and salt in a shallow dish. Working in batches, dip tomato slices into egg mixture, allowing excess to drip back into dish. Coat with flour mixture. Fry in hot bacon drippings in a large heavy skillet until browned, turning once with tongs. Transfer to a colander to drain.

Here is a recipe that was submitted to me for our readers to try. It looks very tasty and is simple to prepare when you may have some leftover turkey.

TURKEY TETRAZZINI

6 tablespoons butter

6 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

3 cups chicken broth

1 cup whipping cream

16 ounces linguine (or other pasta), cooked and drained

4 cups cooked turkey, cubed

1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms

4 ounces diced pimientos, drained

1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

4-6 drops hot pepper sauce

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add flour, salt, pepper and cayenne; stir until smooth. Add broth gradually, bring to a boil.

Cook and stir for two minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in cream.

Mix 2 cups sauce with linguine; pour into a greased 9-by-13-by-2 baking dish. Make a 6-by-4 inch well in the center. To the remaining sauce, add turkey, mushrooms, pimientos, parsley and hot pepper sauce; mix well.

Pour into center of dish. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Uncover and bake 20-30 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.

From The Student Chow Page at www.runet.edu/~cpf- clb/tt.html

A reader called requesting a recipe for a Grapenut Pudding. This looks like a quick and easy pudding to prepare.

GRAPENUT PUDDING

2 cups Grapenut cereal

5 cups milk

4 eggs

1 cup sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 dash salt

Cinnamon to taste

Combine Grapenuts and 1 cup milk in 2-quart microwavable container and set aside.

In a separate bowl combine remaining milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt. Add to Grapenuts and top with cinnamon to your taste. Heat in microwave on high setting for 10 minutes, stopping every 2 minutes to stir.

Heat at medium setting for an additional 4-6 minutes. (Heating time does vary by microwave and desired consistency - heating a little longer yields thicker consistency.)

From Microwave Specials at

members.xoom.com/_XOOM/tinkletoz/ kitchen/Microwave.htm

A couple of years ago a reader requested a recipe for a Spry Orange Dream Cake. I have not found that exact recipe but I did find this recipe in the Daily Press archives for Spry Cookies. I'll keep looking for the other recipe.

SPRY COOKIES

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 cup sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 tablespoons milk

2 cups sifted flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon soda

Blend the first 4 ingredients together thoroughly, and then add the sugar, eggs, milk, flour, baking powder and soda.

When well mixed, drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet. Lightly flatten each cookie with a glass bottom covered with a damp cloth.

Bake at 375 degrees until brown around edges. Don't over bake.

Cool on a rack for crisp cookies, on a towel for soft ones.

Reprinted from the Daily Press, October 12, 1989.

ATTENTION READERS. I need your help in helping a reader locate a BBQ Sauce that was once sold at the Gourmet Market across from Todd Stadium on Warwick Blvd. called Firehouse BBQ Sauce. It came in 1, 2 and 3 alarm flavors. If you know of a store that may sell this sauce, please let me know.